CTA Stock Longs, Risk Parity Leverage Highest In A Year
Rules-based, systematic investor cohorts and vol-sensitive strategies have increased their equity exposure and leverage to
Rules-based, systematic investor cohorts and vol-sensitive strategies have increased their equity exposure and leverage to
Risk parity strategies are currently witnessing one of the largest drawdowns in 40 years. For
The equity rally is the greatest-of-all-time, the V-shaped macro recovery is the greatest-of-all-time, [and] the
“Is risk parity dead?” probably isn’t the right question. In the same vein, “the end
Earlier this month, I revisited the risk parity discussion as it relates to the viability
Over the weekend, I asked if it was over for 60:40 and risk parity funds.
Are 60:40 and risk parity funds “doomed”? It’s a question worth considering in a world
“I believe that investors are realizing that, in fact, this dual ‘Left Tail’ is now clearly about to dictate a ‘new world order'”.
The drama continues.
“USTs are a ‘broken market’”, Nomura’s Charlie McElligott writes, in a Thursday note recapping some
Oh, and they’re still OW cash.
“Stability breeds instability, however.”
To fear them or not to fear them?
There are lingering questions.
What does it mean to be “diversified†when everything is expensive?
“And I’ve learned when they do build, they can build very quickly, so we have to be very vigilant about this.”
Given what we’ve seen this week in terms of DM yields spiking and that spilling
“However, relative to CTAs there is much less transparency on the total size of assets in risk parity and equity vol control strategies let alone the subset of which is completely rules-based.”
“And then ask yourself, what have Central Banks being doing since the Great Financial Crisis? Buying bonds (they are also buying some equities, but the vast majority of the purchases have been fixed income). What does that do to volatility? It crushes it. And what does lower fixed income volatility mean for risk parity? They buy more.”
Recession risks are elevated. I suppose that goes without saying. If it does go without
“For lack of better words, our outlook is negative,” JPMorgan’s Marko Kolanovic told a conference
Never has the risk of downside earnings surprises from corporate America been greater. Or at
Hopeless. That’s how I’d characterize forward earnings estimates headed into Q2 reporting season in the
Remember the “can’t lose” conjuncture? It’s a pretty simple dynamic. Secular growth, including mega-US tech,
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